TGIF/Weekend edition - January 26-28, 2007
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Ari Fleischer's name comes up in 'CIA leak' trial
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Russia to raise European anti-missile plan with US |
US warns of bloody Taliban spring fightback |
Ari Fleischer is baaack and he has immunity!
Okay, in the spirit of bipartisanship I'll compromise: let's impeach Cheney first, then Bush. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Us Military Deaths In Iraq Hit 3069 Guardian Unlimited, UK
Soldier Admits Murdering Iraqi Detainees Guardian Unlimited, UK
Iraq's get-tough declaration doesn't deter suicide attack Aurora Beacon News, IL
Tempers flair over Iraq security plan
Report: US Authorizes Kill Or Capture Iranian Operatives WVVA TV, IL
Bush administration wants $10.6 billion more for Afghanistan Houston Chronicle, TX
Army Patrols Expand in Tense Beirut Washington Post
World versus Bush
Guantánamo and the U.S.-led
war in Iraq are among six topics that scored unfavorably in world opinion in an
international poll released by the British Broadcasting Corp. on the eve of
President Bush's State of the Union address.
The BBC poll surveyed 25 countries..."According
to world public opinion, these days the U.S. government hardly seems to be able
to do anything right,'' said Steven Kull, director of the Program on
International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, which conducted
the survey of 26,381 people.
Disturbing News
Venezuela may ask US envoy to leave
Global warming to speed up
Now, Bush is pissing off Russia with his missile defense plan. Don't they realize it's for their own good? - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
Katherine Harris Returns to the House Floor
She may have given up her House seat to run
a losing campaign for the Senate, but that doesn't mean former Florida Rep.
Katherine Harris actually has to leave the House.
See, as a former representative,
she keeps floor rights and she used them to the hilt Tuesday night before
President Bush's State of the Union address
Isn't It Illegal to Influence an Investigation?
Vice President Dick Cheney
exerted "constant" pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration's
use of flawed intelligence on Iraq, the panel's Democratic chairman charged
Thursday.
In an interview with McClatchy Newspapers,
Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia...
Republican Shenanigans
Bush Touts Health-Care Plan as Cost Control Washington Post
Backtracking Justice
The Bush administration sought on Thursday to drop its appeal of a federal court ruling that concluded the government's domestic spying program is unconstitutional, saying the entire issue is moot since the surveillance now is monitored by a secret court.
"I'll give President Bush credit though. He addressed the problems troubling Americans -- the war in Iraq, the economy, the need to develop alternative fuels. He seemed to know what we were thinking. It's almost as if he was reading our mail or listening to our phone calls." --Jay Leno
Rock-The-Voter News
"Seriously, the stakes are very high. And in this high stakes game, the
president of the United States made one simple request [on screen: Bush asking
Americans to give the new Iraq strategy a chance]. He's right. Everyone deserves
a seventh chance." --Jon Stewart
Biz-Tech News
Oil steady as traders weigh cold snap against doubts over OPEC ... Forbes, NY
Halliburton adds $100M Russian deal Bizjournals.com
YouTube, Wikipedia storm into 2006 top brand ranking Reuters
Bush-Prison-Torture News
INTERVIEW-Guantanamo inmates facing worse conditions-lawyer
Reuters.uk, UK
Go-F***-Yourself News
I went to a restaurant that serves
"breakfast at any time". So I ordered
French Toast during the Renaissance. -- Steven Wright
Please donate so I can put food on my family
Odd News
Never give an iguana Viagra Reuters
In this photo provide by Aveeno, 3-D artist Julian Beever, from England, pretends to dip his toe into his latest anamorphic creation, the Aveeno Fountain of Youth, in New York's Union Square, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. Aveeno commissioned the 'Pavement Picasso's' work in celebration of their new Positively Ageless skin care creams. Photo/Stuart Ramson
Here's to a peaceful weekend.
